必修四U4Reading communication no problem 课件精品.ppt

2. From the text, we can know that _____. A. people are likely to keep the same distance in different countries B. men from Britain often stand close to others to shake hands C. people are facing multicultural communication problems * How do different international students behave when they greet people? Complete the chart with information from the passage. * Name Description Body Language To Whom Tony Garcia everyone no touching man from Japan man from Colombia kiss on the cheek Julia Smith woman from Britain everyone Akira Nagata bowing everyone * Name Description Body Language To Whom George Cook to men to women shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek man from Canada shaking hands everyone Ahmed Aziz man from Jordan shaking hands nodding Darlene Coulon woman from France people she knows * Country/Area Ways to greet each other Britain Canada Japan shake hands, do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meet shake hands bow * Spain, Italy, South American countries France approach others closely and are more likely to touch them shake hands and kiss each other twice on each cheek * (men from) Middle East and other Muslim cultures shake hands and stand quite close to other men, nod to women and do not shake hands with them * 1. Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know? The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he shakes hands with the author. I. Answer the following questions. * 2. What were the two mistakes that the author noticed? He noticed that the Colombian man kissed the British woman, but in her culture, a kiss from a stranger is not acceptable. He also noticed that the Japanese man bowed just as the Canadian man started to shake hands, so one man’s nose touched the other man’s hand. * 3. Who seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others? Who seemed t